[Vision2020] A little Tuesday afternoon musical break . . .

[Moscow Cares]

Here is a more contemporary protest song that is sure to fire you up, V-peeps.  

I know.  It did me!

Protest songs have changed a lot since "the day".

Now, if only I could get this tune out of my head.  Thanks, Deb.

"Dad's Gonna Kill Me" by Richard Thompson
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Dads_Gonna_Kill_Me.mp3

"Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead
Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head
Another day that could have been me there instead
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's Gonna Kill Me
Dad's Gonna Kill Me

You hit the booby trap and you're in pieces
With every bullet your risk increases
Old Ali Baba, he's a different species
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's Gonna Kill Me
Dad's Gonna Kill Me

I'm dead meat in my HumV Frankenstein
I hit the road block, God knows I never hit the mine
The dice rolled and I got lucky this time

Dad's Gonna Kill Me
Dad's Gonna Kill Me

I've got a wife, a kid, another on the way
I might get home if I can live through today
Before I came out here I never used to pray
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's Gonna Kill Me

Dad's in a bad mood, Dad's got the blues
It's someone else's mess that I didn't choose
At least we're winning on the Fox Evening News
Nobody loves me here

Dad's Gonna Kill Me
Dad's Gonna Kill Me 

Dawn Patrol went out and didn't come back
Hug the wire and pray like I told you, Mac
Or they'll be shovelling bits of you into a sack

Dad's Gonna Kill Me.

And who's that stranger walking in my dreams
And whose that stranger cast a shadow 'cross my heart
And who's that stranger, I dare speak his name
Must be old Death a-walking
Must be old Death a-walking

Dad's Gonna Kill Me"



7 muzzle monkeys standing in a row
Standing waiting for The Sandbox to blow
Sitting targets in the wild west show

Nobody loves me here

Dad's Gonna Kill Me

Another angel got his wings this week
Charbroiled with his own Willie Pete
Nobody's dying if you speak double-speak

Dad's Gonna Kill Me"


Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still 
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
 


> On Nov 19, 2013, at 12:34 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> 
> "Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes" by Rod McKuen
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/RodMcKuen/Soldiers_Who_Want_to_be_Heroes.mp3
> 
> (Sing along . . . )
> 
> "Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> 
> Come and take my eldest son, show him how to shoot a gun
> Wipe his eyes if he starts to cry when the bullets fly.
> Give him a rifle, take his hoe, show him a field where he can go
> To lay his body down and die without asking why
> 
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> 
> Sticks and stones can break your bones; even names can hurt you
> But the thing that hurts the most is when a man deserts you
> Don't you think its time to weed the leaders that no longer lead
> From the people of the land who'd like to see their sons again?
> 
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> 
> God if men could only see the lessons taught by history
> That all the singers of this song cannot right a single wrong
> Let all men of good will stay in the fields they have to till
> Feed the mouths they have to fill and cast away their arms
> 
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians
> Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes number practically zero
> But there are millions who want to be civilians."
> 
> ---------------------------------
> 
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
> 
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>   
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still 
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
> 
> - John Lennon
>   
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